Notes and Emendations to the Text of Shakespeare's Plays: From Early Ms. Corr. in a Copy of the Folio, 1632Whittaker & Company, 1853 - 528 pages |
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Page iii
... thought necessary by way of preface to the present edition had been written , when I was favoured by a gentleman , of whom I had no personal know- ledge , but the deeds of whose near and illustrious relative are upon historical record ...
... thought necessary by way of preface to the present edition had been written , when I was favoured by a gentleman , of whom I had no personal know- ledge , but the deeds of whose near and illustrious relative are upon historical record ...
Page vi
... thought it right to insert some additional proposed alterations of that text , which I had , either by design or accident , previously passed over . They are not in general of much importance , although a few of them may be considered ...
... thought it right to insert some additional proposed alterations of that text , which I had , either by design or accident , previously passed over . They are not in general of much importance , although a few of them may be considered ...
Page viii
... thought of any annotator who advised us to substitute for it " the blanket of the dark ? " Yet , I dare say , blanket will find its mumpsimus defenders . 3 Among the most remarkable typographical errors is that in " The Merry Wives of ...
... thought of any annotator who advised us to substitute for it " the blanket of the dark ? " Yet , I dare say , blanket will find its mumpsimus defenders . 3 Among the most remarkable typographical errors is that in " The Merry Wives of ...
Page ix
... thought it necessary to make the change in the recent impression of the text of Shakespeare , as regulated by the old copies and by the emendations in the folio , 1632. I may be excused for adding , that a few alterations , noticed in ...
... thought it necessary to make the change in the recent impression of the text of Shakespeare , as regulated by the old copies and by the emendations in the folio , 1632. I may be excused for adding , that a few alterations , noticed in ...
Page xiii
... thought myself called upon , where they appeared to deserve support or elucidation , to offer the facts , arguments , or observations that occurred to me in their favour . In the history of the volume to which I have been thus indebted ...
... thought myself called upon , where they appeared to deserve support or elucidation , to offer the facts , arguments , or observations that occurred to me in their favour . In the history of the volume to which I have been thus indebted ...
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